#BB8BED#BB8BED

#BB8BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB8BED
RGB	rgb(187, 139, 237)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 41.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 36.87, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 56.39, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.085 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.146 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0091, 35.1447, 84.5168)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB8BED #BDED8B

analogous

#8B8CED #BB8BED #EC8BED

triadic

#BB8BED #EDBB8B #8BEDBB

tetradic

#BB8BED #ED8B8C #BDED8B #8BEDEC

square

#BB8BED #ED8B8C #BDED8B #8BEDEC

split-complementary

#BB8BED #EDEC8B #8CED8B

monochromatic

#7D22DC #9C56E5 #BB8BED #DAC0F5 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BB8BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BB8BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB8BED

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB8BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB8BED	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#749EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7FA0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb8bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 139, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adf3',
    500: '#bb8bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb8bed;
$custom-light: #d1adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb8bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.388,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72059,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB8BED

secondary

#E6F3D8

accent

#D51075

background

#FDFAFE

surface

#FAF4FD

border

#D3CED5

text

#141017

muted

#837F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB8BED

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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